Friday night, the Tennessee Volunteers will open up one of the most pivotal seasons in the program’s history. Significant progress and winning will keep Derek Dooley on the job and show that this program is heading in the right direction...

The time has finally come. Football officially begins this Friday night for the University of Tennessee, which means that no longer are we forced to talk about “what ifs” and the potential good or bad for the upcoming season...

It’s an exciting time in Knoxville. Football season is quickly approaching, and the University of Tennessee actually has a team that is capable of competing in the SEC for the first time in Derek Dooley ’s three years at the helm...

Linebacker Herman Lathers is setting himself up to be one of the best stories in college football this season. The redshirt senior was all set to finish his college eligibility during the 2011 season...

Leading into the 2011 season, Prentiss Waggner could be found on many award watch lists and preseason all-conference teams. However, the same can’t be said for the defensive back heading into his senior season...

Da’Rick Rogers arrived on the Tennessee campus prior to the 2010 season with big expectations preceding him. Rogers was rated the No. 2 wide receiver in the country and was Tennessee’s only 5-star recruit, according to Rivals...

During the 2011 season, the injury list in Knoxville appeared to be nearly as long as the actual roster. Obviously that wasn’t the case, but the injuries the Vols suffered couldn’t have come at worse positions...

You have to go back 16 years to find a "pocket passer" from the SEC that won the Heisman Trophy. In 1996, Danny Wuerffel won the University of Florida's first Heisman since his head coach Steve Spurrier's thirty years prior...

For a program that didn’t change head coaches, the University of Tennessee had quite the busy offseason on the coaching front. The Volunteers will enter 2012 with seven new assistant coaches out of the nine on staff...

Every year, college football fans look at their respective team’s schedule and circle the best games. Great matchups on the road are always exciting. Nothing, however, is more exciting than a great home schedule...

Any Tennessee football fan will quickly admit that Derek Dooley’s first two seasons in Knoxville have been anything but a breeze. The Vols have struggled enough to the point that Dooley’s job could be on the line after the 2012 season...

Anyone who follows the Tennessee football program is more than aware of the lack of success over the last four years. The fifth-winningest program of the 90s has a less-than-stellar 23-27 record and only two bowl appearances during those four seasons...

Since the NFL Draft began in 1936, the University of Oklahoma has produced 350 draft picks, the fourth most of any school, including 42 players taken in the first round and three players taken number one overall...